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Definition: Haji |
HajiNoun1. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "haji" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: HajiSynonyms: hadji (n), hajji (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Haji |
| Non-English Usage: "Haji" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Indonesian (pilgrim). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Haji Agha actore cinema (1933) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | Six persons were injured when bombs were thrown at an Awami League procession, led by M.P. Haji Selim in the Lalbagh district of Dhaka. (references) |
Pakistan | In July 2000, an Afghan leader, Haji Jan Mohammad, whose name reportedly appeared on a Taliban hit list, was killed by unknown assailants. (references) | |
Brunei | In October 1998, the Prime Minister's Office rebuked PPKB President Haji Mohamed Hatta regarding an interview he gave to a regional newsmagazine. (references) | |
Economic History | Brunei Darussalam | Bruneians adhere to the practice of using complete full names with all titles, including the title Haji (for men) or Hajjah (for women) for those who have made the Haj pilgrimage to Mecca. (references) |
Human Rights | Ethiopia | In 2000 Ethiopian soldiers attacked Haji Salah village in Somaliland, killed two persons, and confiscated radio equipment. (references) |
Somalia | In September 2000, approximately 30 Ethiopian soldiers attacked Haji Salah village in Somaliland, killed 2 persons, and confiscated radio equipment. (references) | |
Political Economy | Somalia | This led to a confrontation with Chief Justice Yusuf Haji Nur, who claimed interim presidential powers pending elections. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Haji" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "Haji" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 90.91% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Noun (plural) | 4.55% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.55% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 22 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
haji tabung | 64 |
haji | 54 |
haji lembaga tabung | 20 |
haji lembaga tabung urusan | 8 |
haji hari raya | 8 |
haji malaysia tabung | 5 |
ali haji | 5 |
haji lembaga malaysia tabung | 4 |
baba haji | 4 |
haji lorong taib | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "haji"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | ajihay.(various references) | |
Thai | มุสลิมที่ไ"้ไปแสวงบุญที่กรุงเมกกะ (hadji, hajji). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "haji": hajis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-i-j" | |
-1 letter: haj. | |
-2 letters: ah, ai, ha, hi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-i-j" | |
+1 letter: hadji, hajis, hajji, jihad. | |
+2 letters: hadjis, hajjis, hejira, hijack, jadish, jihads. | |
+3 letters: harijan, hejiras, hijacks, jacinth. | |
+4 letters: harijans, highjack, hijacked, hijacker, jacinthe, jacinths, jackfish, jadishly, nightjar. | |
+5 letters: highjacks, hijackers, hijacking, jacinthes, jacklight, jailhouse, jargonish, juicehead, mujahedin, nightjars. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 6A 69 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- .--- .. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01101010 01101001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a j i |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 006A 0069 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42677675 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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